CNG 85, Lot: 1447. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.16 g, 12h). First small cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). York mint; Beolan, moneyer. Struck circa 978-979. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L, diademed and draped bust left / + BEOLAN M-O EFERP, small cross pattée. SCBI 11a (Reading), 61 var. (rev. legend); Hild. -; BMC -; North 764; SCBC 1143. Good VF, toned, struck from worn dies. Very rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.